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Sunset Boulevard is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics and libretto by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. It is based on the 1950 film of the same title. The plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the fabled Los Angeles street.
Christopher Hampton became involved in theatre while studying French and German at Oxford University, and wrote a play in his first year. The Royal Court’s subsequent production was so successful that it transferred to the Comedy Theatre while he was still a student, making him the youngest writer ever to have a play performed in Read more...
Feb 9, 2017 · Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s book is just fine when it hews to the stiletto-sharp dialogue of the original screenplay.
In her mansion on Sunset Boulevard, faded silent-screen goddess Norma Desmond lives in a fantasy world. Impoverished screenwriter Joe Gillis, on the run from debt collectors, stumbles into her reclusive domain.
British playwright, and film director Christopher Hampton has also worked with Webber on Stephen Ward - The Musical. It's been nearly three decades since Sunset Boulevard graced our Aussie shores with the original cast members Debra Byrne and Hugh Jackman.
Christopher Hampton has won the following awards: - Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Sunset Boulevard - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony...
Theatre review of Sunset Boulevard (Book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber) from Michael Harrison and David Ian with a Curve production at Sheffield Lyceum - reviewer: Velda Harris.
